[Sca-cooks] Ducklings and goslings and poults, Oh My ;-)

[Saint Phlip]

Well, I already lost one. One of the turkey poults just up and died.
Rob says they'll do that, for no apparent reason, from stress. Was a
bit concerned about the black ducks at first- they started acting
really odd. I figured since the geese made a pretty good mess of the
waterer, they might be cold, so I held them in my hand for a while,
and they straightened right up- been fine ever since.

I'm really liking the goslings, though- they're pretty full of
themselves ;-) My two now have red and green spiked hairdos- I wanted
to mark them, since I want them people friendly- the other two are
destined for the freezer, unless I can talk Margali out of it. The
turkeys are/were destined for the freezer too, so I'm not particularly
emotionally involved with them, but I still didn't like finding the
one dead.

Yesterday, one of my acquaintances from the Freecycle Cafe gave me 14
eggs to hatch. Because of the weather, I haven't been able to set up
nests so I can have my broody hens set them, but we'll do that
tomorrow. She gave me 6 Americaunas (they lay the colored eggs), and 6
cuckoo Marans (they lay very deep brown eggs) as well as a Rhode
Istand Red and a mutt. It looks like I'm building quite a flock ;-)
And today, my girls gave me 11 eggs- a new record. Half of them were
bantie eggs, too, so it looks like last year's babies are producing.

The geese, the Tufted Romans, btw, are a period breed, and the Marans
are too, according to the websites I've been scanning. Amazing what
this hobby gets us into ;-)

And, remember, this all started out because Cogburn needed a couple
hens to keep him warm through the winter. Jeeeeeeezzzzeee Johann, it's
ALL your fault!!!!

On 4/6/07, Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> Phlip commented:
> <<< My bird order arrived this morning, and they're amazingly
> cute ;-)  >>>
>
> Yes, but like babies, they grow up.
>
> <<< All appear to be healthy and active, and I'm
> enjoyng the blazes out of them ;-) >>>
>
> You're cooking them already?  :-)
>
> Let us know how they do.
>
> Stefan


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